A cake is already cut into quarters, but you find that you now have to share it eually between five people. Explain what you would do to solve this problem.
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You'd have to find a way to make 1/4 work with 1/5. Since the multiples of 5 are 5, 10, 15, and 20, and the multiples or 4 are 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, you'd have to cut the cake into 20 sections, which isn't very realistic. Each person would then get 4 pieces.
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Cut each quarter into 5 pieces. Then divide these 20 smaller pieces amount the 5 people, 4 pieces per person.
You could have worked this out by finding the smallest common factor of 4 and 5... (A number they both divide into, like 20)
You could have worked this out by finding the smallest common factor of 4 and 5... (A number they both divide into, like 20)
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1/4*1/5=20 pieces then give everyone 4 pieces so 20/4=5 people. YAYAYAYAY